Get ready to join the action at Papaya, one of the world's fastest-growing mobile game powerhouses! We're all about delivering fun and excitement to millions of players across our diverse range of games. The company is HQ in the heart of Tel Aviv. Were looking for a backend Engineer team lead eager to become one of our pioneering core team members and establish themselves as a significant building block of our products and company at this critical point in time before we reach greater heights.
Responsibilities:
* Recruit, lead and grow a strong team of backend engineers
* Deliver new game features and functionality for large-scale mobile games
* Collaborate with other development teams, product managers, UI / UX designers, and others to maintain high levels of visibility, efficiency, and collaboration
* Take full accountability for major features from specification and planning through execution & coding with multiple engineers
* Stay hands-on in the code, design and architecture
* Use and teach the best engineering methodologies, high quality development, coding and designing skills. The code is in Node.js ( backend ) and C # (Unity, frontend )
* Take a major part in our strategic growth of the R&D team – technology, process and professionally
Responsibilities:
* Recruit, lead and grow a strong team of backend engineers
* Deliver new game features and functionality for large-scale mobile games
* Collaborate with other development teams, product managers, UI / UX designers, and others to maintain high levels of visibility, efficiency, and collaboration
* Take full accountability for major features from specification and planning through execution & coding with multiple engineers
* Stay hands-on in the code, design and architecture
* Use and teach the best engineering methodologies, high quality development, coding and designing skills. The code is in Node.js ( backend ) and C # (Unity, frontend )
* Take a major part in our strategic growth of the R&D team – technology, process and professionally
Requirements:
* Team leadership experience and working with cross-functional teams (2+ years)
* At least 7 years of experience as a software engineer
* Experience with backend development of Real-Time web services of a high-scale system
* Experience in working with cloud-based architectures and AWS specifically
* Familiarity with Node.js or C #
* An academic degree in a relevant technical field
* Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) in Hebrew and English About you:
* Passion for people, technology, architecture, and quality
* Hunger and curiosity to always learn, understand and play with new technologies
* Mentor love working with others to make everyone around you better
* Team player
* Track record of excellence and drive for results & problem-solving
* Team leadership experience and working with cross-functional teams (2+ years)
* At least 7 years of experience as a software engineer
* Experience with backend development of Real-Time web services of a high-scale system
* Experience in working with cloud-based architectures and AWS specifically
* Familiarity with Node.js or C #
* An academic degree in a relevant technical field
* Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) in Hebrew and English About you:
* Passion for people, technology, architecture, and quality
* Hunger and curiosity to always learn, understand and play with new technologies
* Mentor love working with others to make everyone around you better
* Team player
* Track record of excellence and drive for results & problem-solving
This position is open to all candidates.
